<p>Jharkhand's minority welfare minister Haji Hussain Ansari died on Saturday at a hospital in Ranchi, official sources said.</p>.<p>He was 73.</p>.<p>Ansari, a senior JMM leader, was admitted to the Medanta hospital around two weeks back after being diagnosed with Covid-19.</p>.<p>A spokesperson of the Medanta Hospital said that Ansari tested negative for Covid-19 on Friday, which meant that he had recovered.</p>.<p>"Therefore, he did not die of Covid-19. He died this evening due to a cardiac arrest," the spokesperson said.</p>.<p>Ansari's family said that he recently underwent heart surgery.</p>.<p>Health Minister Banna Gupta also said that Ansari's death did not happen due to Covid-19.</p>.<p>Chief Minister Hemant Soren said that he played a leading role in the movement for Jharkhand.</p>.<p>"He was a mass leader with a simple sense and conviction. May God gives peace to the soul of Haji saheb and gives the family the strength to endure the hour of sorrow," he tweeted in Hindi.</p>.<p>Ansari was a four-time MLA from the Madhupur assembly segment in Deoghar.</p>.<p>Union Minister Arjun Munda has condoled the demise of Ansari and said that he was of a very simple nature.</p>.<p>Former chief minister Raghuvar Das also expressed deep condolences over Ansari's death and prayed for the peace of his soul.</p>.<p>In March, Ansari and his son were quarantined at their home after they returned from the Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Delhi's Nizamuddin.</p>
<p>Jharkhand's minority welfare minister Haji Hussain Ansari died on Saturday at a hospital in Ranchi, official sources said.</p>.<p>He was 73.</p>.<p>Ansari, a senior JMM leader, was admitted to the Medanta hospital around two weeks back after being diagnosed with Covid-19.</p>.<p>A spokesperson of the Medanta Hospital said that Ansari tested negative for Covid-19 on Friday, which meant that he had recovered.</p>.<p>"Therefore, he did not die of Covid-19. He died this evening due to a cardiac arrest," the spokesperson said.</p>.<p>Ansari's family said that he recently underwent heart surgery.</p>.<p>Health Minister Banna Gupta also said that Ansari's death did not happen due to Covid-19.</p>.<p>Chief Minister Hemant Soren said that he played a leading role in the movement for Jharkhand.</p>.<p>"He was a mass leader with a simple sense and conviction. May God gives peace to the soul of Haji saheb and gives the family the strength to endure the hour of sorrow," he tweeted in Hindi.</p>.<p>Ansari was a four-time MLA from the Madhupur assembly segment in Deoghar.</p>.<p>Union Minister Arjun Munda has condoled the demise of Ansari and said that he was of a very simple nature.</p>.<p>Former chief minister Raghuvar Das also expressed deep condolences over Ansari's death and prayed for the peace of his soul.</p>.<p>In March, Ansari and his son were quarantined at their home after they returned from the Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Delhi's Nizamuddin.</p>